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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Orphaned as a baby, Harry Potter has spent 11 awful years living with his mean aunt, uncle, and cousin
Dudley. But everything changes for Harry when an owl delivers a mysterious letter inviting him to attend a school for wizards.
At this special school, Harry finds friends, aerial sports, and magic in everything from classes to meals, as well as a great
destiny that's been waiting for him...if Harry can survive the encounter. From an author who has been compared to C. S. Lewis
and Roald Dahl, this enchanting, funny debut novel won England's National Book Award and the prestigious Smarties Prize.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
In this sequel to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry's back for his second year at Hogwarts,
where the infamous Chamber of Secrets has been opened for the first time in 50 years. The monster that is unleashed is literally
petrifying Hogwarts students (turning them into stone, that is), and who is the primary suspect? Harry Potter himself. Add
to this some enormous spiders, a Deathday Party, a ghost named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girls' bathroom, and lots and
lots of suspense, and you'll soon find yourself engrossed in another terrific tale in which magic does exist and good eventually
triumphs over evil.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Kids of all ages -- even adults! -- have fallen under Harry Potter's spell. And now, following the phenomenal
success of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the young wizard-in-training
has returned for his third year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry -- and more exciting, magical adventures.
This time, a dangerous escaped convict is on the loose -- a reputed madman with a mysterious tie to Harry's past. Harry's
life is in danger, and his sorcery skills are tested to the limit. Can he catch the criminal and discover the truth?
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
You have in your hands the pivotal fourth novel in the seven part tale of Harry Potter's training as a wizard and
his coming of age. Harry wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the International Quidditch Cup with Hermione,
Ron, and the Weasleys. He wants to dream about Cho Chang, his crush (and maybe do more than dream). He wants to find out about
the mysterious event that's supposed to take place at the Hogwarts this year, an event involving two other rival schools of
magic, and a competition that hasn't happened in a hundred years. He wants to be a normal, fourteen-year-old wizard. Unfortunately
for Harry Potter, he's not normal -- even by wizarding standards. And in his case, different can be deadly.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
In the richest installment yet of J. K. Rowling's seven-part story, Harry Potter is faced with the unreliability
of the very government of the magical world and the impotence of the authorities at Hogwarts. Despite this (or perhaps because
of it), he finds depth and strength in his friends, beyond what even he knew; boundless loyalty; and unbearable sacrifice.
Though thick runs the plot (as well as the spine), readers will race through these pages and leave Hogwarts, like Harry, wishing
only for the next train back.
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As the novel begins, a "grim mood" has fallen over the country. The minions of Lord Voldemort (a.k.a. He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named)
continue to grow as his evil spreads. The Ministry of Magic has stepped up security everywhere, and as Harry enters his sixth
year at Hogwarts, he begins to see himself -- and everyone around him -- in a different, more discerning, light. With rumors
swirling about Harry being the prophesied "Chosen One," he begins taking private lessons from Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore.
As Dumbledore prepares Harry for his destined clash with Voldemort by revealing jaw-dropping insights into the Dark Lord's
past -- who his parents were, what happened after he left Hogwarts, and more -- Harry also struggles to uncover the identity
of the Half-Blood Prince, the past owner of a potions textbook he now possesses that is filled with ingenious, potentially
deadly, spells. But Harry's life is suddenly changed forever when someone close to him is heinously murdered right before
his eyes....
With only one book to go before the series' projected conclusion, Rowling masterfully sets the stage for what
will surely be an epic battle to end all battles. The chess pieces are all in place for a magic-powered endgame that will
be as thrilling as it is bittersweet. Paul Goat Allen |
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